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Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2006

Effects of spiritual mantram repetition on HIV outcomes: a randomized controlled trial.

Jill E Bormann, Allen L Gifford, Martha Shively, Tom L Smith, Laura Redwine, Ann Kelly, Sheryl Becker, Madeline Gershwin, Patricia Bone, Wendy Belding

Erratum issuedAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 40 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
40citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 181 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effectiveness of Mantra-Based Meditation on Mental Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  9. Stress management interventions for HIV+ adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials, 1989 to 2006.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2008
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  11. Living with HIV: responses to a mantram intervention using the critical incident research method.Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2012
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  16. A spiritually based group intervention for combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder: feasibility study.Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association · 2008
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

  • Erratum issued
5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Jill E BormannVA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Drive (118), San Diego, CA 92161, USA. jill.bormann@va.gov
Allen L Gifford
Martha Shively
Tom L Smith
Laura Redwine
Ann Kelly
Sheryl Becker
Madeline Gershwin
Patricia Bone
Wendy Belding
VA San Diego Healthcare System · USBedford VA Research Corporation · USMedical Research Foundation · GBUniversity of California, San Diego · USVeterans Medical Research Foundation of San Diego · US

Funding

VirologyP30AI036214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Maile Ann Young Karris · 1994 to 2026
$78.4M
The Efficacy of a Mantram Intervention on HIV OutcomesR21AT001159 · NCCIH · VETERANS MEDICAL RESEARCH FDN/SAN DIEGO · PI BORMANN, JILL E · 2002 to 2003
$352k
NCCIH NIH HHS R21AT01159-01A1NCRR NIH HHS M01RR008NIAID NIH HHS 5P30 AI 36214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We examined the efficacy of a psycho-spiritual intervention of mantram repetition--a word or phrase with spiritual associations repeated silently throughout the day--on psychological distress (intrusive thoughts, stress, anxiety, anger, depression), quality of life enjoyment and satisfaction, and existential spiritual well-being in HIV-infected adults. Using a 2-group by 4-time repeated measures design, 93 participants were randomly assigned to mantram (n = 46) or attention control group (n = 47). Over time, the mantram group improved significantly more than the control group in reducing trait-anger and increasing spiritual faith and spiritual connectedness. Actual mantram practice measured by wrist counters was inversely associated with non-HIV related intrusive thoughts and positively associated with quality of life, total existential spiritual well-being, meaning/peace, and spiritual faith. Intent-to-treat findings suggest that a mantram group intervention and actual mantram practice each make unique contributions for managing psychological distress and enhancing existential spiritual well-being in adults living with HIV/AIDS.

Indexed as

MeditationReligion and PsychologySpiritualityAdaptation, PsychologicalAdultAngerAntiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveCD4 Lymphocyte CountDepressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHIV-1HIV InfectionsHumansMaleMiddle AgedRNA, Viral

Identifiers

PMID16847590
OpenAlexW2059173067

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